Best POS & Accounting Software for Cafes (2026)

Your Point of Sale (POS) is the heart of your hospitality business. It needs to do more than just take payments; it needs to talk to your accounting software.

1. Square (Best for Small Cafes)

Pros: Free hardware options, simple interface, flat rate processing fees.
Cons: Limited table management features for large restaurants.

2. Lightspeed (Formerly Kounta)

Pros: The gold standard for hospitality. Great inventory tracking (ingredient level) and table mapping.
Integration: Syncs daily sales summaries perfectly to Xero.

3. Deputy (For Rostering)

Not a POS, but essential. Deputy handles your rostering and award interpretation, then pushes timesheets to Xero Payroll.